Report: The Roman in Ravenglass Project Report 2013-2015

The Romans in Ravenglass final project report is now available to download from ArcHeritage

It includes a full analysis of the all the trenches excavated, plus the geophysics and finds reports. Beware, the document is large (142 MB), so may take some time to download!

Congratulations! Romans in Ravenglass archaeologist wins award ...

Jon supervises young archaeologists in Trench 4

Dr Jon Kenny, who taught school children out in Ravenglass Trench 4 in 2014, has won the Council for British Archaeology Marsh Community Archaeologist of the Year award!

 

Well known for helping Yorkshire community archaeology groups, Jon is a deserving winner of this prize. We're proud that he helped us out at Ravenglass too. Congratulations Jon!

Hadrian's Wall Archaeology Forum 2015

"Hadrian's wall at Greenhead Lough" by Velella -Licensed under Public Domain

Thank you to David Brear who has pointed out that this year's Hadrian's Wall Archaeology Forum is on 28th November: http://www.queenshall.co.uk/events/hadrian%E2%80%99s-wall-archaeology-forum-2015

A further search gave these details:

This will bring us up to date with excavations on the Wall 2015.  The Hadrian’s Wall Archaeology Forum is an annual day-conference featuring talks for the general public about new discoveries in the Hadrian’s Wall frontier zone including the Cumbrian coast. This year’s programme features talks on excavation projects at Maryport (Steve Rowland and Tony Wilmott), Vindolanda (Andrew Birley) and Wallsend (Nick Hodgson) as well as that at Binchester (David Mason) which has revealed arguably the best-preserved Roman building in the whole of Britain. There will also be a range of publications on sale at reduced prices. Price = £12.00 (includes tea/coffee mid-morning and mid-afternoon). 

No representation from Romans in Ravenglass this year, but the nearby fort of Maryport has a lecture.

Comment: How to see the Romans in Ravenglass!

(Photo by Rowan May)

Now that the project is nearly complete, there are several new Roman attractions visitors can see in Ravenglass ...

There is a new interpretation board next to the Roman Baths, in addition to those installed by English Heritage:

And there is a display in the Pennington Hotel, which means the display free to all, and open when the hotel is:

In addition, at the Ravenglass & Eskdale Steam Railway (aka La'al Ratty) there will also be a small selection of the Roman finds collected by local people over the years.

Appearing not just in Ravenglass, the dig report is currently receiving final touches and will be available to download soon.

Conference: Lake District Annual Archaeology Conference (with Romans in Ravenglass)

Date: Sunday 11 October 2015
Location: The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Cost: £13.50 (with tea and coffee), £19.75 (with tea, coffee and lunch)

This year the conference will provide an opportunity to learn about recent projects carried out in partnership with local communities and volunteers both within and closely adjacent to the National Park. Many of these have been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Romans in Ravenglass Site Director Kurt will be speaking at 3.15pm.


For further details see: http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/learning/archaeologyhistory/archaeologyconference

For booking form see:  http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/613779/Conference-Flyer-2015.pdf

Amendment to the event: Romans in Ravenglass: end of season lecture, 18th July

Please note, there will now only be 1 end of season lecture. This will run in the morning between 10am and 12pm only.

Event: Romans in Ravenglass: end of season lecture, 18th July

 6th September 2013 - it rained a bit ;)

On Saturday 18 July, see what was discovered and hear more about the results from the 2013 and 2014 excavation of the civilian settlement at Ravenglass, from site director Kurt Hunter-Mann. Come along to either a morning or afternoon session. Lecture held at the Pennington Hotel, Main St, Ravenglass.

Places for this event will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. The same event will run in the morning and afternoon. When making a booking, please state which session you are attending. Please e-mail: archvol@lakedistrict.gov.uk to book a place.

Further details from the Festival of Archaeology 2015 website.


Also, if you took photos of the dig, please send your favourites to sgn1@fsmail.net and we'll feature some of them on the blog. There may be a small (and appropriate) prize for what the dig team judge to be their favourite ...!